Samuel Cohen

Over the past year, the Duke University Superfund Research Center’s Community Engagement Core (CEC) has partnered with community gardens across North Carolina to test for soil contaminants, consider potential sources of contamination, and discuss gardening best practices.You can learn more about the CEC’s work here and visit our resource page for North Carolina […]

In October (2018), Duke SRC sponsored a biannual meeting for members of the Elizabeth River Project Sediment Remediation Partnership (ERPSRP). This unique group is led by The Elizabeth River Project, a non-profit organization located in Portsmouth, VA and is dedicated to restoring the Elizabeth River watershed to fishable and swimmable […]

By Dr. Andrew Hawkey, Postdoctoral Associate–Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences On a perfect sunny day in late October, groups of AP science students from Orange High School put down their textbooks and headed for the woods. We gathered by the Riverwalk in downtown Hillsborough, NC to meet with experts who monitor […]

By Abigail Joyce, PhD — Analytical Chemistry Core Manager As Hurricane Florence approached North Carolina’s coast, much of state hunkered down for the severe weather to come. Though some locations were somewhat spared, the storm brought as much as 30 inches of rain to some coastal communities in […]

Scientists from across North Carolina are coming together to study the issue of PFAS contamination in the state. A State-funded $5 million grant will seek answers on the nature of these chemicals, where they can be found in the environment and the routes they take to get there, and any […]

On September 19th, Principal Investigator Lee Ferguson and Analytical Chemistry Core Manager Abigail Joyce, collected floodwater samples along the Neuse River and some of its tributaries. The Analytical Chemistry Core will conduct a ‘non-target analysis’ on the samples, allowing them to test for the presence of multiple chemicals and quantify […]